S P A C E SWe live in them, move through them, occupy them, gentrify them, lay claim, thenreclaim them, tame them and maim them. We build them, enrich them, definethem, consign them. They can be first or final frontiers, domestic or foreign, andthey can even encapsulate moments—curvatures in time. Given that space is thefundamental medium through which we live our lives, how do we define spaces,and how do spaces define us?

This panel seeks contributions that explore ecology, environment, and the natural world in relation to any aspect of Margaret Fuller’s writings. We also welcome proposals that approach Fuller along with other writers, and we encourage international perspectives.

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment panel at the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference

deadline for submissions:

Monday, April 1, 2019

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) hosts a panel at the annual Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Confernce (RMMLA) each year and is currently seeking proposals. This year's conference will meet in El Paso, Texas October 10-12, 2019. Proposals on any topic related to ecocriticism and the environmental arts and humanities are welcome, including pedagogical papers. Send proposals of 250-300 words to Ellen Bayer at ebayer05@uw.edu. Deadline for submissions is April 1st, 2019.

“You can’t drink oil, keep it in the soil,”“Protect the Sacred”and “Water is Life”are slogans which shaped the year 2016 and which keep reverberating ever since. As Indigenous environmental activism in recent years shows, women have been and continue to be on the forefront of environmental protection on communal, national and global levels.

Recognizing the severity of the climate crisis, and driven by profound and renewed belief in the power of education to help reimagine and build a better, more sustainable, and environmentally just world, or “next Earth,” Transformative Education for Climate Action will be the theme of the summer 2019 nearly-carbon neutral conference for UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI). We invite your participation!